Caroline McLean, 32, of Atlanta, was working for Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) in Washington, DC, when she was diagnosed with lupus in 2011. “I was a young, single professional,” she says. “I didn’t want ...

But now, here I am again, and my doctors are like, 'your lupus is so bad because you're overweight.' Marcela's doctors recommended she get weight loss surgery. "They said the surgery would make my ...

Other types of lupus, including systemic and drug-induced lupus, may also affect the skin, but they don’t always. Still, most people with any type of lupus will experience skin symptoms at some ...